I've written here before about the disparities facing people with vision loss, more than 70% unemployment, the negative stereotypes, such as those played out in David Patterson parodies, etc. Since I went blind when I was fifteen, I've faced these realities on a daily basis. Though--and I say this with all sincerity--when I hear news of books like SP's memoir already selling 1.5 million before it hits the shelves, I can only ask myself, "Who's the blind one around here?"
This being said, SocialBlindness.org is now live and kicking. My Typepad account fallen dormant for the past several months. But Going Rogue pushed me over the edge.
There's a lot that goes on in the real world that shows just how blind a society we've become, with every time it seems like we're opening our eyes, they get closed shut again by some hard-lined rhetoric that dresses itself up in sheep's wool and hits the town. So, I figure it's about time we start focusing on what people don't seem to see.
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